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Chapter II
Crimes
Section I
Crime of genocide and crimes against humanity
Article 9
Crimes against humanity
Anyone who commits any of the following acts as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population:
(b) Extermination, which means the infliction on the whole or part of a population of harsh conditions of life, such as deprivation of access to food or medicine, calculated to bring about the death of one or more persons;
shall be punished with a term of imprisonment of 12 to 25 years.
Article 7
Crimes against humanity
1. For the purpose of this Statute, "crime against humanity" means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:
(b) Extermination
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:
(b) ‘Extermination’ includes the intentional infliction of conditions of life,
inter alia the deprivation of access to food and medicine, calculated to
bring about the destruction of part of a population;